Japanese Embassy, sinugod ng mga rallyista, paggamit sa hydrogen at amonia, ipinatitigil
(Photo courtesy: Jimmy Domingo)
Nagsagawa ng kilos protesta ang climate activists sa harap ng Japanese Embassy sa Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.
Ayon kay Lidy Nacpil, coordinator ng of Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development, ito ay para hikayatin ang Japan na itigil na ang paggamit ng hydrogen, ammonia co-firing at Liquified Nstural Gas.
Ayon kay Nacpil, false solutions ang itinataguyod ng Japan sa ginaganap na Tokyo GX Week kung saan isinusulong ang hydrogen, ammonia at carbon capture and storage.
“We reiterate our urgent call to the Japanese government and Japanese corporations to stop investing in technologies that are false solutions to the climate crisis. We urge that they channel their financing to phasing out fossil fuel use domestically and overseas,” pahayag ni Nacpil.
Nabatid na nagsagawa rin ng sabayang kilos protesta ang climate activists sa Bangladesh, India, Japan at Indonesia.
“These technologies are packaged as sustainable, but they only serve to exacerbate the climate crisis,” pahayag ni Nacpil.
“As the cost of renewable energy is going down, there is little sense in promoting such fuels. Contrary to what the government is saying, these technologies delay the transition,These are not the “solutions” the world needs. They prolong fossil-fuel use and in some cases even exacerbate emissions. This conference is an attempt to delay the rapid, equitable and just energy transition the world urgently needs,” dagdag ni Nacpil.
Sa panig ni Ian Rivera ng Philippine Movement For Climate Justice, sinabi nito na dapat nang itigil ng Japan ang pagsira sa kalikasan.
“The Japanese government and their corporations are failing us and exposing their nature as climate laggards. Japan is investing up to $47.4 million to expand the ammonia supply chain including new facilities that combine coal and ammonia. We cannot allow Japan and its corporations to sell us these greenwashing false solutions. We can only save our peoples and planet if heavy promoters of fossil fuels like Japan and its institutions and corporations are actively contributing their fair share of genuine solutions. They must undertake a rapid phase out of all kinds of support for fossil fuel energy,” pahayag ni Rivera.
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